Béla Endre (19 November 1870, in

Szeged Szeged ( , ; see also #Etymology, other alternative names) is List of cities and towns of Hungary#Largest cities in Hungary, the third largest city of Hungary, the largest city and regional centre of the Southern Great Plain and the county seat ...

– 12 August 1928, in Mártély) was a Hungarian painter and designer, one of the most prominent representatives of the .

Biography

He was born in the famous "" of Szeged, built by his grandfather, the merchant Ferdinand Mayer (1817–1903). Originally destined for a career in engineering, he chose to pursue art instead; studying painting locally for a few years, then at the in

Urbino Urbino ( , ; Romagnol: ''Urbìn'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Italy, Italian region of Marche, southwest of Pesaro, a World Heritage Site notable for a remarkable historical legacy of independent Renaissance culture, especially und ...

from 1895 to 1897 and the

Académie Julian The () was a private art school for painting and sculpture founded in Paris, France, in 1867 by French painter and teacher Rodolphe Julian (1839–1907). The school was active from 1868 through 1968. It remained famous for the number and qual ...

in Paris from 1898 to 1900. In 1901, he settled in

Hódmezővásárhely Hódmezővásárhely (; also known by other alternative names) is a city with county rights in southeast Hungary, on the Great Hungarian Plain, at the meeting point of the Békés-Csanádi Ridge and the clay grassland surrounding the river Tisz ...

, where he had a studio that he shared with

János Tornyai János Tornyai (January 18, 1869 – September 20, 1936) was a renowned Hungarian painter born in Hódmezővásárhely. Early life Tornyai, the son of day labourers, studied at the School of Decorative Art in 1886–1888, then a guest pupil of ...

and . In 1912, he helped to establish the "Majolica and Clay Artists' Society" (Művészek Majolika és Agyagipari Telep-ének) and held his first exhibition in Hódmezővásárhely. He held further exhibits in

Makó Makó (, , Makowe, or , ) is a town in Csongrád County, in southeastern Hungary, from the Romanian border. It lies on the Maros River. Makó is home to 21,913 people and it has an area of , of which is arable land. Makó is the fourth-larges ...

(1913) and Arad (1914), which was a joint showing with his studio partners. From 1910 until his death, he spent his summers in Mártély, painting the people and the landscapes of the

Great Hungarian Plain The Great Hungarian Plain (also known as Alföld or Great Alföld, or ) is a plain occupying the majority of the modern territory of Hungary. It is the largest part of the wider Pannonian Plain (however, the Great Hungarian Plain was not par ...

. His works show the influence of

Mihály Munkácsy Mihály Munkácsy (20 February 1844 – 1 May 1900) was a Hungarian painter. He earned international reputation with his genre pictures and large-scale biblical paintings. Early years Munkácsy was born as ''Mihály Leó Lieb'' () to Mi ...

and the artists of the ; although they also have certain Post-Impressionistic features. Many of his works are at the , but some may also be seen at the

Hungarian National Gallery The Hungarian National Gallery (also known as Magyar Nemzeti Galéria, ), was established in 1957 as the national art museum. It is located in Buda Castle in Budapest, Hungary. Its collections cover Hungarian art in all genres, including the w ...

and the

Móra Ferenc Múzeum The Móra Ferenc Museum (6720 Szeged, Roosevelt tér 1-3.) is a museum in Szeged, Hungary. The museum stands at the intersection of the bank of the river Tisza and the city's Downtown Bridge. In addition to its seasonal exhibitions, archaeology, ...

, among others. In 1970, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of his birth, memorial exhibitions were held in Hódmezővásárhely, Budapest and Szeged. In 2005, a permanent memorial was opened at the

Ópusztaszer National Heritage Park The Ópusztaszer National Heritage Park is an open-air museum of Hungarian history in Ópusztaszer, Hungary. It was established in 1982 and is most famous for being the location of the Feszty Panorama, a cyclorama by Árpád Feszty and his ass ...

Sources

* László Emőke: ''Endre Béla festészete''. Móra Ferenc Múzeum (1968
Online
ISSN 2064-8480 * László Emőke: "Endre Béla", Art Library, Vol.85, Corvina Kiadó (1973
Listing

External links

* Körber Ágnes, ''Magyar művészeti kislexikon kezdetektől napjainkig'', Enciklopédia Kiadó, 2002

Biographical notes
@ the Magyar életrajzi lexikon {{DEFAULTSORT:Endre, Bela 1870 births 1928 deaths Hungarian painters Hungarian landscape painters Great Hungarian Plain People from Szeged Académie Julian Painters from Austria-Hungary